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Dotcom chief places his mother on auction block

"She will call to make sure they are eating right and to make sure they are cleaning up their room."

Charles Low, CEO of Surpluzz

Kids. They never call. They never write.

And now one of them -- the chief executive of a dotcom start-up -- is "selling" his mom over the Internet. The highest bidder will get the benefit of her advice at least twice a month for three months.

The winner of the Mother's Day stunt can expect to get the usual questions, like "When are you coming to visit?" and "Have you met anyone nice?"

"She will call to make sure they are eating right and to make sure they are cleaning up their room -- whatever my mom normally does, she will do to them," said Charles Low, the 32-year-old CEO of Surpluzz.

As of Friday morning, the bidding for Marilyn Low had reached US$50, with 22 bids placed at www.surpluzz.com.

"I think they all work for my son," Marilyn Low said from her home in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

She went on the auction block Monday; the bidding will end tomorrow, right after Mother's Day.

Surpluzz, an online auction business founded three months ago, has yet to turn a profit. Like many struggling dotcoms, the site is no stranger to Internet tricks meant to attract attention.

Charles Low said proceeds will go to a charity that supports homeless kids.

"All I can do is laugh about this," his mother said. "I hope some poor little soul isn't really serious about this and really needs tender loving care and fuzzy warmth."
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